Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu explained the Death game and the real worlds behind its Instances to the δ Group leader, then discovered the man was a modified human created by Paris using Pankto’s genetic secrets. The two reached an uneasy cooperation, and the leader gave his name as Stiller.

• Lin Yu used online videos and phones to persuade the δ Group leader that he came from another world and that the Instances were real worlds inhabited by living people.
• Lin Yu removed the leader’s helmet and recognized that he looked almost exactly like Pankto, confirming his suspicion that Paris had created a Pankto-like successor.
• The leader revealed that Paris had made him using Supreme Evolution’s immature technology and Pankto’s genetic secrets, and said his designation was Number One.
• The leader told Lin Yu that his name in the Great Wilderness had been Stiller, and they shook hands in agreement to cooperate.
• Stiller asked about Hannah, and Lin Yu explained that she was an octopus from an Instance; Stiller was surprised to learn Lin Yu’s world had oceans.

After returning from the Instance, Lin Yu checked the messages on his various phones and investigated a new suspicion about Fu Luo. When he opened the Forum, its link to the Death game's Social permissions caused them to split into two panels, revealing the Forum's extraordinary power.

• Lin Yu stored Stiller in his Item Space and learned from Hannah that Uncle Ka would consider the artificial human fine food.
• Lin Yu checked his phones, saw Li Nian's messages about Pan and her arrangements, and learned that Tycoon planned to make him a group leader temporarily.
• Lin Yu opened the Forum to message Fu Luo about returning his stolen things and received a notice that Social permissions had to be linked within 72 hours.
• Lin Yu saw the Forum Assistant appear in his Social list and discovered its Visit function let him browse the Forum directly.
• Lin Yu opened the Forum on his original phone as well, and his Social permissions malfunctioned and split into two panels.

Lin Yu discovered that Forum accounts let him maintain multiple Social Panels, then arranged to meet Fu Luo in Jiang City to ask about the earlier investigation. Meanwhile, Fu Luo successfully advanced in tier, unlocked the Social authority, and prepared to add friends.

• Lin Yu created separate Social Panels for Old Yao, Zhu Ming, May May, and Director, and decided to wait before using the authority so his rapid reputation growth would not attract suspicion.
• Fu Luo arranged to visit Lin Yu in Jiang City the day after tomorrow, and Lin Yu planned to question him in person about Truth Company and possible interference with his memories or cognition.
• Fu Luo bought a ticket to Jiang City, chose the Detective's Pipe as his Tier 1 item, and celebrated his advancement in a Forum post.
• Fu Luo opened his Social Panel and found that advancing in tier had immediately unlocked the Social authority.

Lin Yu took his Western Art History exam after Shen Bingmiao offered him a cheating device and told him about the Drama club’s summer tour. After the exam, he found Fu Luo’s messages and discovered that Fu Luo was being pursued.

• Shen Bingmiao gave Lin Yu a Secret Communication Sticker and explained that she had arranged credits and other benefits for the Drama club’s summer touring performance.
• Lin Yu refused to use the sticker to cheat and went to take his Western Art History exam.
• Lin Yu finished the exam and opened May’s phone to check his messages from Fu Luo.
• Lin Yu read Fu Luo’s updates about arriving in Jiang City and trying local food, then found messages saying Fu Luo was being pursued.

Lin Yu traced Fu Luo’s plea for help to a private cinema and found him held captive by Almond and two men. Disguised as Old Yao, Lin Yu seized Almond and threatened her, leaving the other captors facing a standoff.

• Lin Yu contacted Gao Shan and Order for help, then went to Jiang City after considering whether Fu Luo’s message might be a trap aimed at him.
• Lin Yu transformed into Old Yao, asked Tycoon to send help, and searched White Moon Cinema for Fu Luo.
• Lin Yu found Fu Luo trapped between two men in a private room while Almond watched over them.
• Lin Yu entered the room pretending there had been a booking mistake and noticed Almond direct one of the men to hold back.
• Lin Yu formed a knife with [Imitation], grabbed Almond, and warned the Marauders to cooperate.

Lin Yu confronted Almond and the Marauders while rescuing Fu Luo, then learned they had been ordered to investigate the Doctor. The standoff ended when Old Yao arrived with backup from Order's Jiang City branch and knocked out Almond and the two men.

• Lin Yu seized Almond and demanded that the Marauders explain why they had captured Fu Luo.
• Almond said the group had come to question Fu Luo about the Doctor and revealed that someone had secretly commissioned an investigation into him.
• Almond explained that she had been ordered to ambush Sherlock the next day and force information about the Doctor out of him, but she did not know who had commissioned the task.
• Lin Yu refused Almond's proposal to part peacefully, and one of the burly men warned him that other Marauders might be nearby.
• Old Yao arrived with two unconscious thugs, introduced himself as Good Night from Order's Jiang City branch, and caused Almond and the two burly men to collapse.

After the Marauders were captured, Lin Yu helped Fu Luo reunite with May and learned that Fu Luo had exaggerated May’s connections while under interrogation. Lin Yu transformed into May and headed to the Flower Encounter Café, where he found Fu Luo startling away a woman who asked to take his picture.

• Order and Jiang'an Hall captured the unconscious Marauders, and Good Night introduced himself to Lin Yu before leaving Jiang City.
• Fu Luo thanked Lin Yu, gave him homemade food, and agreed to wait for May at the Flower Encounter Café.
• Fu Luo admitted he had told the Marauders that May was close to many organizations and had admirers everywhere, and Lin Yu agreed not to mention his confession to May.
• Lin Yu investigated who had targeted May but found no clues, then waited for [Mask] to cool down and changed into May.
• Lin Yu arrived at the Flower Encounter Café and saw Fu Luo frighten off a fashionable woman by loudly declaring he was from Henan.

Lin Yu learned about Good Night, the new Order captain in Jiang City, and recovered Fu Luo’s lost magnifying glass. After Fu Luo claimed he had hidden his earlier help from Lin Yu because the Freedom Alliance was present, Lin Yu left the café wondering if Fu Luo could be trusted.

• Fu Luo told Lin Yu a boastful account of his encounter with a Marauders intruder and explained that he had asked for help because he feared facing a powerful opponent.
• Fu Luo described Good Night as a Tier 3 fighter who had ranked ninety-ninth on the forum and might become Jiang City’s Captain General or deputy.
• Fu Luo said Good Night was a South Korean-born overseas Chinese with the Corporate Slave class, formidable combat ability, and a rumored weakness for online romances with sweet-voiced young girls.
• Lin Yu returned Fu Luo’s magnifying glass, congratulated him on advancing, and received a bag of food from Fu Luo in thanks.
• Lin Yu showed Fu Luo their old forum chat about the Psychology Society, and Fu Luo admitted he had helped but concealed it because the Instance was full of Freedom Alliance members.
• Lin Yu left the café outwardly relieved, but he worried that Fu Luo might not be trustworthy.

Lin Yu realized that someone had secretly used Fu Luo’s account and worried that his upcoming performance was being watched. Disguised as Fluoxetine, he planted a misleading social-media post that made the Melon Eaters Society believe Doctor Flu had a new girlfriend.

• Lin Yu recognized that Fu Luo had lied about investigating him and inferred that a mysterious person had used Fu Luo’s account to send information about Fluoxetine.
• Lin Yu traveled to North Bridge District, transformed into Fluoxetine with [Mask], and borrowed a college student’s phone.
• Lin Yu posted a selfie with the student across her social-media accounts with the caption, “It’s time to fulfill my promise! See you there!”, paid her, and left.
• The post spread through social media, and Chlorpromazine spotted it and shared a screenshot with the Melon Eaters Society as supposed evidence that Doctor Flu was dating someone.
• Members of the group questioned Fluoxetine about the post, and Fluoxetine arrived and feigned ignorance.

Fluoxetine recognized that the woman in Chlorpromazine’s photo was impersonating her and suspected the woman had a new Item or Unique Profession. After deciding the photo was an answer to her invitation, Fluoxetine set out to deliver a message of her own.

• Fluoxetine noticed that the photo showed the pet shop where Xia Yue, an S-Class she had killed a month earlier, had worked.
• Fluoxetine reasoned that the woman’s perfect resemblance to her came from a newly emerged Item or a Unique Profession ability.
• Fluoxetine interpreted the photo caption, “fulfilling a promise,” as a response to her invitation and decided to make the woman reveal herself.
• Fluoxetine jumped from the bridge, used a flamethrower-like weapon to propel herself across the river, and landed on a skyscraper.
• Fluoxetine poured fuel across the rooftop and set it alight to spell, “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”

Lin Yu recognized Fluoxetine’s fiery message as a signal and went to meet her atop the Jinmao Building. He arrived disguised as her and told her he was her future self, beginning their confrontation.

• Players across Jiang City discussed Fluoxetine’s spectacular stunts, while Lin Yu recognized her Hamlet quotation as a message meant for him.
• Lin Yu left home to meet Fluoxetine, still consumed by resentment over her having killed him.
• With Hannah’s help, Lin Yu slipped into the Jinmao Building and prepared his Items and blessings before entering the rooftop.
• Fluoxetine greeted Lin Yu, delighted by his resemblance to her, and asked how he had achieved it.
• Lin Yu told Fluoxetine that he was her from the future.

Lin Yu revealed his identity to Fluoxetine and fought the dangerous S-rank member, using her assumptions to conceal his real attack. The chapter ended with a blade piercing Fluoxetine’s chest.

• Fluoxetine rejected Lin Yu’s claim that he was her future self and threatened to peel off his face unless he revealed his identity.
• Lin Yu disguised himself as Zhu Ming and drew a blade, while Fluoxetine summoned a hand axe and confronted him.
• Lin Yu shot Fluoxetine with the Infallible Revolver, but she took the bullet in her left hand and struck his shoulder with her axe.
• Fluoxetine questioned Lin Yu as he pretended to explain how he had faked his death, and she realized he had been stalling.
• A blade emerged through Fluoxetine’s chest as blood soaked the front of her dress.

Lin Yu’s plan to kill Fluoxetine failed when she revealed her regenerative artifact, Blood Sand of Reversal. After she explained its limits and admitted she admired him, Lin Yu told her he wanted to join the Psychology Society.

• Lin Yu used Hannah’s disguise and Stiller’s attack to stab Fluoxetine, then recognized that her apparent death was a feint.
• Fluoxetine rose unharmed and praised Xia Yue’s potential.
• Fluoxetine explained that Blood Sand of Reversal restored her after fatal injuries, but repeated use would eventually shatter it.
• Lin Yu reasoned that Fluoxetine did not want to kill him, and she confirmed her admiration for him.
• Fluoxetine asked why Lin Yu thought he could persuade her, and he said he wanted to join the Psychology Society.

Lin Yu joined the Psychology Society after passing a lengthy video interview with Rosenthal while acting as Xia Yue. He became vice president of the Jiang City Regional Branch and was told its president would hand over to him the next day.

• Lin Yu returned home near dawn after Fluoxetine invited him to join the Psychology Society.
• Fluoxetine connected Lin Yu by video call with Rosenthal, who explained the Society's mission to promote human evolution through the Death game.
• Rosenthal questioned Lin Yu about his emotions, family, and self-image, and Lin Yu answered while immersed in Xia Yue's role.
• Lin Yu passed the assessment and became vice president of the Jiang City Regional Branch.
• Lin Yu received a new phone and tablet and learned that Zhu Ming would complete the branch handover with him the next day.

Fluoxetine clashed with Good Night in Jiang City after the two traded insults, while Nian learned that the Marauders’ operation there had failed and reconsidered his assessment of May. The chapter left Nian troubled by May’s unexpected capabilities.

• Fluoxetine encountered Good Night, the Order’s Jiangcheng Team One captain, and mocked his reputation and potential.
• Fluoxetine and Good Night fought with a hand axe and a metal keyboard, and Fluoxetine used her pocket watch to send away the watching taxi drivers.
• Good Night wondered whether Fluoxetine had been forced to join the Psychology Society, prompting her to declare that she would evaluate him through a Trial.
• In Chengcheng, Nian spoke with A'yu and learned that the Marauders’ investigators had been captured without gathering useful intelligence.
• Nian apologized, offered A'yu a refund and a new plan, then concluded that he had underestimated May.

Lin Yu joined the Psychology Society's tiny Jiang City branch and learned that Fluoxetine had been badly injured after clashing with the Tycoon and the Order. He chose the codename Clonazepam and became a full member, though he still hoped to use the Society to pursue his revenge.

• Edwin told Lin Yu that Fluoxetine had been seriously injured after taking the Tycoon's attack and being surrounded by the Order.
• Edwin registered Lin Yu with the Psychology Society and offered him the codenames Clonazepam, Valproic Acid, and Lithium Carbonate.
• Lin Yu chose Clonazepam, and Edwin took his photo to enable face-scan logins.
• Lin Yu opened the Society's apps and learned about its contacts, potential-member rosters, missions, and internal points.
• Edwin had Lin Yu unlock Zhu Ming's phone, and the Society deactivated his forum account, making him a full member.

Lin Yu visited Xia Yue’s family while posing as May, hoping to learn more about her life, but Xia Yang confronted him about his connection to her sister’s death. Lin Yu claimed he had been Xia Yue’s former lover.

• Edwin warned Lin Yu that an unknown power controlled Jiang City and advised him to avoid drawing attention.
• Lin Yu reflected on the Forum’s strange behavior toward his accounts, then decided to focus on his current plans.
• Lin Yu changed Zhu Ming’s appearance to May’s, bought gifts, and went to Xia Yue’s home to gather material for his impersonation.
• Xia Yang opened the door, rejected Lin Yu’s gifts, and accused him of being involved in Xia Yue’s death after finding no trace of him in her sister’s records.
• Lin Yu told Xia Yang that he had been Xia Yue’s former lover.

Lin Yu gained Xia Yang's trust by claiming he had been Xia Yue's ex-boyfriend, then gave her a new phone and promised to investigate her sister's death. He left after bringing her pear soup and asked to see Xia Yue's phone.

• Lin Yu convinced Xia Yang that his lack of a trace in her sister's life came from their unpleasant breakup, and Xia Yang apologized for doubting him.
• Lin Yu gave Xia Yang a new cellphone, and she accepted it after he appealed to his regret over losing Xia Yue.
• Xia Yang told Lin Yu she suspected something was wrong with the circumstances of Xia Yue's death, and Lin Yu agreed to investigate.
• Lin Yu brought Xia Yang pear soup, left her his phone number, and asked if he could look at Xia Yue's phone.

Lin Yu joined the Order in Jiang City and learned that the organization was watching Xia Yue’s family. After meeting the injured Good Night at the hospital, Lin Yu was welcomed as a member, but the Team Two captain questioned his connection to a Player in the Psychology Society.

• Lin Yu left Xia Yue’s home with her phone, then checked that no one was following him and suspected the Night Watcher or the Order had handled the corpse.
• Rosenthal asked whether Lin Yu needed help after a Player visited one of his family members, and Lin Yu replied that he had sent his friend there.
• Gao Shan told Lin Yu that the Order had approved his membership and directed him to Central Hospital, where Good Night was recovering from serious injuries.
• Lin Yu visited Good Night and met the captains of Teams Two and Three, along with Tycoon, before the Team Two captain welcomed him to the Order.
• The Team Two captain explained Lin Yu’s duties and benefits, then asked whether he was closely connected to a Player in the Psychology Society and whether he had visited that Player’s home.

Lin Yu defended his past relationship with a Psychology Society member and won Good Night’s trust as a new Order member. After noticing that the captains were hiding something, he learned that the Order planned to make Jiang City the central city of the Player community.

• Lin Yu explained that he had known the woman before either of them joined an organization and promised to cut ties with her and stop her if she committed further crimes.
• Tycoon confronted Lin Yu about Good Night’s injuries, but Lin Yu defended his visit to the woman’s family and said he would not abandon her mother and daughter.
• Good Night backed Lin Yu and welcomed him into the Order, while the squad captains reassured Good Night about surviving the Psychology Society member’s attack.
• Lin Yu noticed that Good Night and Tycoon were hiding information about Jiang City and pressed them to explain.
• Good Night revealed that Jiang City housed the forum and that the Order’s leaders planned to make it the central city of the Player community.